Augsburg: Heinrich Steiner, 1530. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 4to (190 x 143 mm). 47 unnumbered leaves, lacking final blank only. Collation: A-M4 (-M4). Title with large woodcut, several woodcut illustrations in text. Colophon on M3v: "Augsburg durch Heinrich Stayner am vi Julii. im M.D. und xxx Jar." Bound in 18th century half calf over marbled boards (corners heavily scuffed, extremities worn, boards heavily rubbed). Title page with later ink inscription at the place of an erased stamp, one repaired leaf with loss of a few letters at lower corner. Text little browned throughout and with occasional waterstaining and spotting. ---- VERY RARE EARLY EDITION of Rösslins' book on midwifery. According to COPAC with no copy in public libraries in the USA and only two copies outside Germany (Utrecht and Poland). No copy of this edition is recorded at auction in the past 50 years. Roesslin's book is based on the manuscripts of Soranus of Ephesus who wrote in the second century AD and the c. sixth-century Moschion Codex in the Royal Library at Brussels. In all probability Roesslin got his inspiration for the illustrations of the fetus in utero from the Heidelberg Codex in the Vatican Library. Martin Flach had them cut in wood by the noted Formschneider Erhard Schön and they continued to be used by Roesslin's successors until the 18th century. The twenty woodcuts in the text present for the first time illustrations of positions of the fetus in utero, a birth chair, and twins, including Siamese twins. The figures of the fetus were derived from those found in the
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Augsburg: Heinrich Steiner, 1530. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 4to (190 x 143 mm). 47 unnumbered leaves, lacking final blank only. Collation: A-M4 (-M4). Title with large woodcut, several woodcut illustrations in text. Colophon on M3v: "Augsburg durch Heinrich Stayner am vi Julii. im M.D. und xxx Jar." Bound in 18th century half calf over marbled boards (corners heavily scuffed, extremities worn, boards heavily rubbed). Title page with later ink inscription at the place of an erased stamp, one repaired leaf with loss of a few letters at lower corner. Text little browned throughout and with occasional waterstaining and spotting. ---- VERY RARE EARLY EDITION of Rösslins' book on midwifery. According to COPAC with no copy in public libraries in the USA and only two copies outside Germany (Utrecht and Poland). No copy of this edition is recorded at auction in the past 50 years. Roesslin's book is based on the manuscripts of Soranus of Ephesus who wrote in the second century AD and the c. sixth-century Moschion Codex in the Royal Library at Brussels. In all probability Roesslin got his inspiration for the illustrations of the fetus in utero from the Heidelberg Codex in the Vatican Library. Martin Flach had them cut in wood by the noted Formschneider Erhard Schön and they continued to be used by Roesslin's successors until the 18th century. The twenty woodcuts in the text present for the first time illustrations of positions of the fetus in utero, a birth chair, and twins, including Siamese twins. The figures of the fetus were derived from those found in the
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ILLUMINATED INITIAL OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
Saint John the Baptist shown holding a lamb to symbolise his recognition of Jesus as the Son of God. When John baptised Jesus in the River Jordan he said 'Behold, the Lamb of God' (John 1: 36). The miniature is painted in full colour to inhabit a gilded initial "D" on vellum , clipped from a larger Antiphoner leaf. The miniature measures almost 10.5 cm square and is in near Fine condition, with minor loss of gilding to the top of the letter and small loss of paint to the head of the saint. A striking miniature , approaching 500 years old.

Leclerc, Bibliotheca Americana, 1038; Sabin 4962; Streeter coll. 1530; Howes 389. First and only edition in the original French, of a travel account of the territories of Louisiana and West Florida, then a French possession but administered by Spain. Pierre-Louis Berquin-Duvallon (1769-post 1814) was one of the many French plantation holders who had fled the Haitian Revolution on Saint-Domingue and settled in Louisiana. Embittered by his experience, he wrote an extremely negative report of Louisiana and its inhabitants, who had refused to admit the refugees' slaves. Nevertheless, after describing the geography and economy of the territories, Berquin-Duvallon gives a colourful account of the cities and their inhabitants, particularly of New Orleans. He found the latter to be a filthy place, unworthy to be titled a city, full of ramshackle buildings and streets that for the greater part of the year turn into open sewers. Its citizens fared no better, as he considered them to be noisy and amoral, they preferred drinking wine to conversation and only sought profit instead of education. The nightlife of New Orleans is particularly mentioned, with its gambling and endless dancing where the low orders indiscriminately mix: black and white, freeman and slave. In five specific chapters, the former plantation owner Berquin-Duvallon describes the various racial groups in the colony: white "creoles", white foreigners, freed people of colour and slaves. With some insignificant wear to the extremities of the boards and some offsetting of the colouring of the maps onto the header; a very
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Apud Henricum Petrum Mense Augusto Excudebat Henri. LEATHER BOUND. B00JSZSO5G In Latin. Two 1530, post-incunable editions of classic Roman poetry bound together in a 4 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches tall x 2 1/2 inches thick black full leather bound volume, three raised bands and gilt-stamped purple leather label to spine, marbled endpapers, engraved Henricus Petrus printer's mark (a stone being smashed by a godlike hammer over which fire is blown by a heavenly face, a reference to Jer. 23:29) preceding and following the second work, paginated by leaf, 231 leaves and 192 leaves, respectively. A collection of classic Latin poetry in two 1530 Basel, Switzerland editions: (1) Martial's Epigrams (Apud Henricum Petrum Mense Augusto); and (2) Poetry of Catullus, Tibullus, Sextus Propertius and Cornelius Gallus (Excudebat Henricus Petrus, Mense Martiuo). Recently rebound in full leather, covering the original wood boards. A thick volume which splays open very slightly. Martial title page has two tiny holes, staining, prior owner names and other notations, some lined out. Light marginal dampstains to first 20 or so leaves. About a dozen instances of underlining or marginalia throughout the volume. Otherwise, apart from occasional foxing or light stains, a very good copy of these two scarce early imprints. Martial's Epigrams is preceded by a letter of Pliny and an introduction to the text by Ottmar Luscinius (also called Othmar or Otmar Nachtgall, 1487-1537), an Alsatian Catholic Humanist known for his Biblical commentaries. The text of the second volume is preceded by brief biographies of the
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Hiler, p. 873; Lipperheide Aa 33; USTC 862177; Vinet 2093; for the binder and arms: Flety, p. 89; Olivier et al., Reliures armoriées 2466 & 2467. First edition, in the original Italian, of a famous early woodcut book of ancient and modern costumes by Cesare Vecellio (ca. 1530-1600), a nephew of Titian and himself a gifted painter and ornament draughtsman. This edition shows the 420 fine woodcuts at their freshest, revealing many details of the costumes. The third edition attributes the drawing of the figures to Titian, but they are usually regarded as the work of Vecellio himself. They were cut in wood by Christoph Krieger, a Nürnberg woodblock cutter working in Venice, where he was known as Christoforo Guerra. The presswork is good, showing the woodcut illustrations and decorated initials to excellent effect. The work is divided into two "libri", the first devoted to the costumes of Europe with 349 beautiful ancient and modern figures and 5 charming views of Venice; the second devoted to costumes of Asia and Africa with 64 figures. Vecellio added explanatory text, not only for the ancient but also for the modern costumes, the first time anyone had provided this information, so that the text is also an important primary source for clothing of the period. The part on Europe includes several beautiful Russian and East European, as well as numerous Turkish/Ottoman and Greek costume figures. C. Hardy learned bookbinding under Jean-Edouard Niédrée and set up his own Paris bindery around 1850. The firm signed its bindings Hardy-Mennil from ca. 1865, but little is known about eith
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1530. [24], 499, [1 blank] ll.First edition, in the original Italian, of a famous early woodcut book of ancient and modern costumes by Cesare Vecellio (ca. 1530-1600), a nephew of Titian and himself a gifted painter and ornament draughtsman. This edition shows the 420 fine woodcuts at their freshest, revealing many details of the costumes. The third edition attributes the drawing of the figures to Titian, but they are usually regarded as the work of Vecellio himself. They were cut in wood by Christoph Krieger, a Nürnberg woodblock cutter working in Venice, where he was known as Christoforo Guerra. The presswork is good, showing the woodcut illustrations and decorated initials to excellent effect. The work is divided into two "libri", the first devoted to the costumes of Europe with 349 beautiful ancient and modern figures and 5 charming views of Venice; the second devoted to costumes of Asia and Africa with 64 figures. Vecellio added explanatory text, not only for the ancient but also for the modern costumes, the first time anyone had provided this information, so that the text is also an important primary source for clothing of the period. The part on Europe includes several beautiful Russian and East European, as well as numerous Turkish/Ottoman and Greek costume figures. C. Hardy learned bookbinding under Jean-Edouard Niédrée and set up his own Paris bindery around 1850. The firm signed its bindings Hardy-Mennil from ca. 1865, but little is known about either partner. The Princes d'Essling had been Niédreé patrons and André Prosper Victor Masséna (1829-1898/99), Prince d
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1530. paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback Pages Number: 1530 Language: Chinese. Philosophers talk about the philosophical story (Set of 10) including Machiavelli said. The Prince story. Augustin said. The Love of God Pythagoras spoke of the number of stories . Epicurus talking about happy story of the story. the Fuxi talk about The Book of Changes story . Aristotle speak of happiness story . I speak of the Road story . Socrates spoke of wisdom story . Confucius talked about benevolence story . Plato talked about idea of the... Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back.

Henricum Petrum, Basel 1530 - Full contemporary rolled pigskin over wooden boards, much worn and discolored, lacking clasps, but catches are intact and binding quite sound overall, 1615 inscription to pastedown. Title page of In Acta Apostolica (bound first) excised on the lower right corner, old notes to title and scattered, neat, notes and annotations in early or contemporary hands throughout all three works, heavily in In Acta, more scattered in the other two. Occasional mostly marginal damp staining, foxing, marginal browning and age toning, final title page (Paulus Cortesius) darkened and last few pages stained and worn at edges , but generally clean and bright overall. In Acta Apostolica: Haguenau, Petri Brubacchi, 1535. [6], 421 (i.e. 241) leaves, lacking the final blank; (Dictionarium Trilingue) 238, [2] pp.; Paulus Cortesius In Sententias: Basel, Froben, 1513. [6], 52 leaves.The rare first edition of Munster's three language dictionary (Adams M1927). Munster had published his Dictionarium Hebraicum in 1523 to much acclaim, but it was with his three language dictionary that his more humanistic leanings were fulfilled - the homo trilinguis being a sort of renaissance ideal of the educated man. Bound with Paulus Cortesius In Sententias (just 14 copies in WorldCat) published by Froben in 1513, and Brenz's In Acta Apostolica with manuscript annotation throughout. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Language & Linguistics; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 046397. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Junk, Rara 17; Myko Libri 1530; Nissen, BBI 1427; Stafleu & Cowan 7175. First edtions of an illustrated work on cryptogams in Germany. The work consists of three parts, dealing respectively with "Flechten" (lichens), "Pilze" (fungi) and "Lebermoose" (liverworts or hepatics). The first part on lichens was written by the German botanists Walther Otto Müller (1833-1887) and Gustav Pabst (d. 1911), while the other two parts were written by Pabst alone. Each part gives taxonomic descriptions of the cryptogams, of which many are shown in the plates. Due to its accurate coloured lithographs of fungi, showing a wide variety of them, the second part is considered to be the most valuable. "Das beste unter den weniger umfangreichen Abbildungswerken deutschen Cryptogamen. Die Illustrationen sind so scharf, das sie Kupferstich ähneln" (Junk). Slightly browned throughout with some occasional foxing in the first and the third part, only affecting a few of the plates. Binding worn along the extremities. Otherwise in very good condition.

Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1530. Loose Leaf. Acceptable. Framed leaf from Legenda aurea or The Golden Legend, depicting the martyrdom of Saint Regina. Leaf measures 9 x 13 in. Engravings hand colored. Early German blackletter text. Foxing to pages. Loss to bottom left corner. Among incunabula, printed before 1501, Legenda aurea was printed in more editions than the Bible. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.